Tim Dellit, MD, was appointed CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs and Paul G. Ramsey Endowed Dean of the UW School of Medicine as of December 1, 2023. He held these same roles on an interim basis since July 1, 2022. He previously served as chief medical officer for UW Medicine, executive vice dean for clinical affairs for the School of Medicine, vice president for medical affairs and president of the University of Washington Physicians (UWP), a faculty practice plan with more than 2,800 members.

Dr. Dellit leads UW Medicine as an integrated clinical, research and learning health system with a single mission to improve the health of the public, for all people. UW Medicine consists of a family of clinically integrated organizations including Airlift Northwest, Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, and the UW School of Medicine. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center serves as UW Medicine’s cancer program. UW Medicine also has close affiliations with Seattle Children’s Hospital and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Boise VA Medical Center. The UW School of Medicine is among the top medical schools in the country combining a focus on primary care and rural medicine with innovative complex specialty care and world-leading biomedical research.

Dr. Dellit’s expertise as an infectious diseases specialist helped UW Medicine lead the nation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He subsequently led UW Medicine in navigating the workforce and financial challenges as healthcare emerged from the pandemic.

Dr. Dellit earned his MD from Cornell University Medical College. He is board-certified in both Infectious Diseases. Dr. Dellit’s clinical and research interests include general infectious diseases, orthopedic trauma-related infections, prevention of healthcare-associated infections and appropriate use of antibiotics.